-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Crew List

It is estimated that as many as 18,000 men served aboard the 'Mighty Hood' during the operational portion of her 21 year career. Unfortunately, there is no surviving official single listing of ALL men who served in her. Here you will find our attempt at creating such a listing. We are using the few, fragmentary crew lists known to exist, Navy Lists, various official reports, public records, and most importantly of all, inputs from the families of former crew.

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Edward Payne

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Date of birth: 15th July 1897
Place of birth: Hastings, Sussex, England
Previous occupation: Training Ship Warspite
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J29338
Joined Hood: 28th July 1922 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 6th January 1926 (Leading Seaman)







Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.



History of ships served in and ratings held:


Date FromDate toShipRatingSource
13th January 191422nd April 1914PowerfulBoy 2nd ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd April 19148th February 1915PowerfulBoy 1st ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th February 19159th February 1915Vivid IBoy 1st ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
10th February 191524th March 1915ArgyllBoy 1st ClassADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th March 191520th October 1915ArgyllOrdinary SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st October 191510th December 1915ArgyllAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
11th December 19153rd June 1916DefianceAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
4th June 191620th June 1917Gunner (Plumpton)Able SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
21st June 19171st May 1918Attentive III (Plumpton)Able SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
2nd May 19184th September 1918DefianceAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
5th September 191822nd July 1919SviatogorAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
23rd July 191913th September 1919Vivid IAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
14th September 191928th November 1919DefianceAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
29th November 191927th July 1922ResolutionAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
28th July 192224th September 1925HoodAble SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
25th September 19256th January 1926HoodLeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
7th January 19268th April 1927DefianceLeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
9th April 192715th June 1927Vivid ILeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
16th June 192712th July 1927DefianceLeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
13th July 192714th April 1930BerwickLeading SeamanADM188/705
via WW1 Lives at Sea
15th April 193024th May 1930Vivid I-ILeading SeamanADM363/98
25th May 193031st May 1930DefianceLeading SeamanADM363/98
1st June 193017th April 1933DefianceActing Petty OfficerADM363/98
18th April 193331st May 1933EagleActing Petty OfficerADM363/98
1st June 193331st May 1935EaglePetty OfficerADM363/98
1st June 193529th August 1935Caloedon (Eagle)Petty OfficerADM363/98
30th August 193523rd April 1937Royal SovereignPetty OfficerADM363/98
24th April 193714th May 1937DefiancePetty OfficerADM363/98
15th May 193713th July 1937Drake IPetty OfficerADM363/98
14th July 193727th September 1939Shore pensionedPetty OfficerADM363/98
2nd October 193830th July 1939DemobilisedPetty OfficerADM363/98
31st July 193915th September 1939Drake IPetty OfficerADM363/98
16th September 193929th February 1944CaliforniaPetty OfficerADM363/98
28th September 19391st October 1938Drake I (Mobilised)Petty OfficerADM363/98
1st March 19449th September 1945LinxChief Petty OfficerADM363/98
10th September 1945Released in class AChief Petty OfficerADM363/98

Additional Photographs
None at this time.


Memorials
No known memorials


Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor